This book primarily addresses Intelligent Information Systems (IIS) and the integration of artificial intelligence, intelligent systems and technologies, database technologies and information systems methodologies to create the next generation of information systems.

Extensively revised and thoroughly updated, this popular text de-emphasizes high level mathematics in favor of effective, accurate modeling. Real-world examples amplify the theory and show how to use derived equations to model physical problems. Exercises that parallel the examples build readers' confidence and prepare them to confront the more complex situations they encounter as professionals.

These two volumes incorporate a systematic approach to two-phase flow analysis. Two-phase flow and heat transfer problems associated with two-phase phenomena have been a challenge; the specific aspects of the subject were treated.

This textbook teaches students the principles, materials, and applications they need to understand and analyze heat transfer problems they will encounter in practice. The emphasis on modern practical problems (including thermoelectric cooling), in the numerous examples, sets this work apart from other available works. The approach is to discuss heat transfer problems (in search of innovative and optimal solutions) and the engineering analysis, to motivate fundamental principles and analytical problem solving methods. By introducing heat flux tracking, the students develop intuition about the central role of heat transfer in engineered systems.

This second edition provides reliable information in predicting the thermal hydraulic behavior of boiling devices and two-phase flow. It contains formulas for predicting real or potential boiling heat transfer behavior. Emphasis is on applications to high heat flux equipment, such as nuclear reactors, and they are presented throughout the book.